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  1. Library Resource
    Policy Papers & Briefs
    July, 2016
    Burkina Faso, Nigeria, Senegal, Gambia, Ethiopia, Niger, Africa

    En 2016, Action contre la désertification se prépare à restaurer 10 000 hectares de terres et à planter des espèces d'arbres, d'arbustes et de graminées locales et bien adaptées localement dans six pays africains - le Burkina Faso, l'Éthiopie, la Gambie, le Niger, le Nigeria et le Sénégal.

  2. Library Resource
    Journal Articles & Books
    October, 2016
    Burkina Faso, Mauritania, Mali, Australia, Ghana, Senegal, Niger, Kenya, Syrian Arab Republic, South Africa, Madagascar, Uzbekistan, Tanzania, Botswana, Kazakhstan, Cuba, Asia, Africa, Oceania

    Les terres arides couvrent près de la moitié de la surface terrestre et abritent un tiers de la population mondiale. Elles sont confrontées à des défis hors du commun, notamment ceux posés par la désertification, la perte de biodiversité, la pauvreté, l’insécurité alimentaire et les changements climatiques. Quelque 20 pour cent des terres arides de la planète sont dégradées, et les personnes qui vivent sur ces terres sont souvent piégées dans un cercle vicieux de pauvreté, pratiques destructrices et détérioration de l’environnement.

  3. Library Resource
    Policy Papers & Briefs
    July, 2016
    Burkina Faso, Nigeria, Senegal, Gambia, Ethiopia, Niger, Africa

    En 2016, Action contre la désertification se prépare à restaurer 10 000 hectares de terres et à planter des espèces d'arbres, d'arbustes et de graminées locales et bien adaptées localement dans six pays africains - le Burkina Faso, l'Éthiopie, la Gambie, le Niger, le Nigeria et le Sénégal.

  4. Library Resource
    Policy Papers & Briefs
    June, 2016
    Burkina Faso, Nigeria, Senegal, Gambia, Ethiopia, Mali, Niger, Africa

    En 2016, Action contre la désertification se prépare à restaurer 10 000 hectares de terres et à planter des espèces d'arbres, d'arbustes et de graminées locales et bien adaptées localement dans six pays africains - le Burkina Faso, l'Éthiopie, la Gambie, le Niger, le Nigeria et le Sénégal.

  5. Library Resource
    Reports & Research
    December, 2003
    Burkina Faso, United States of America, France, China, Pakistan, Australia, Republic of Korea, Morocco, Mexico, Uganda, Italy, Botswana, Netherlands, Tunisia, Argentina, India, Senegal, Vietnam

    This report summarizes the findings of the e-mail conference that took place from 9 October to 4 November 2002 and which was organized by the Land Degradation Assessment in Drylands project (LADA). The report contains exchanges of views on data sets and methods that may be used to assess land degradation and a discussion on the biophysical, socio-economic and institutional indicators that explain the root causes, driving forces, status, impact and reponses to land degradation at various scales.

  6. Library Resource
    Policy Papers & Briefs
    July, 2016
    Kenya, Burkina Faso, Nigeria, Gambia, Fiji, Haiti, Italy, Senegal, Ethiopia, Niger

    Capacity development is at the heart of Action Against Desertification’s efforts to combat land degradation, desertification and drought. A capacity development strategy is in place to strengthen the capacities of individuals and organizations in sustainable land management and restoration, and to support the establishment of an enabling policy and legal environment at local, national, and regional level to increase the impact and ensure sustainability of activities carried out under Action Against Desertification.

  7. Library Resource
    Institutional & promotional materials
    April, 2018
    Kenya, Burkina Faso, Nigeria, Gambia, Fiji, Haiti, Italy, Tanzania, Senegal, Ethiopia, Niger

    Fact sheet on capacity development actvities of Action Against Desertification. Action Against Desertification is an initiative of the African, Caribbean and Pacific Group of States (ACP) in support of the Great Green Wall initiative and UNCCD national action programmes to combat desertification, implemented by FAO and partners with funding of the European Union.

  8. Library Resource
    Institutional & promotional materials
    April, 2018
    Burkina Faso, Nigeria, Gambia, Fiji, Haiti, Senegal, Ethiopia, Niger, Africa

    Fiche d'information sur les activités d'Action contre la désertification. Action contre la désertification est une initiative du Groupe des États d’Afrique, des Caraïbes et du Pacifique en appui à l’initiative de la Grande Muraille Verte et aux programmes d’action nationaux de lutte contre la désertification de l’UNCCD, mise en œuvre par la FAO et ses partenaires avec le financement de l’Union européenne.

  9. Library Resource
    Journal Articles & Books
    July, 2018
    Burkina Faso, Nigeria, United States of America, Gambia, Fiji, Haiti, Senegal, Ethiopia, Niger, Sudan

    The Action Against Desertification (AAD) project supports eight ACP countries, Burkina Faso, Ethiopia, Gambia, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal, Fiji and Haiti in the sustainable management and restoration of degraded land. Baseline assessments have been carried out in each of these countries to establish a reference against which to monitor changes and project impacts, as well as to better target project activities and inform other stakeholders and restoration initiatives in these countries.

  10. Library Resource
    Institutional & promotional materials
    April, 2018
    Burkina Faso, Nigeria, Gambia, Mali, Fiji, Haiti, Senegal, Ethiopia, Niger

    Fact sheet on land restoration activities of Action Against Desertification. Action Against Desertification is an initiative of the African, Caribbean and Pacific Group of States (ACP) in support of the Great Green Wall initiative and UNCCD national action programmes to combat desertification, implemented by FAO and partners with funding of the European Union.

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